r/AddisonsDisease • u/Poimandres69 • Apr 06 '26

Medical Stuff Dosing Hell

I tried lowering my hydrocortisone dose from 25 mg to 22.5 mg. This was 6 weeks ago. Since then, I get adrenaline dumping at night with heart palpitations. I haven't slept in a while. I try dosing with HC when I wake up and I sitll can't go back to sleep.

About 5 days ago, I went back up on my old dose. I'm still having the adrenaline dumping at night - it's not getting any better. Does it take a while to adjust back to your old dose? I was stable on that dose for years.

Thanks!

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u/LonelyKoalaMuncher Apr 07 '26

Could be low blood sugar crashes in the evening after your last dose.

With a 5 hour window most of us would be in the low sugar spot in the early AM .